Super technology leader

"You… How did you guys get here? Why didn't Enterprise's radar pick up anything? Did you install military-grade signal stealth technology on your ship?"

On the Enterprise, Victor and the others pointed guns at Tang Chao and his group as they entered.

Of course, despite this situation, things weren't in Victor and the others' favor.

Despite them holding guns, being on the defensive, and holding "hostages", they still didn't stand a chance against Tang Chao and the others in powered armor.

Even their ship's signal was cut off, preventing them from contacting Earth.

Just moments ago, the Enterprise's radar showed the surrounding area as completely empty, with no collision threats, but no one on the ship was happy.

Such emptiness meant they were far from any planet, and seeing their course angle increasingly deviating, they were desperate.

Ground control claimed they were still working on a solution, telling them not to worry, but all rescue progress remained at the "thinking about it" stage, much like the famous "we're working on it", which did nothing to reassure them.

However, they still had to maintain contact, in case ground control really could come up with a solution.

But just as they were contacting, the communication was suddenly cut off, and even the Enterprise's central control system was locked down.

With the control system locked and the radar displaying a blue screen, they were effectively blind in terms of electronic detection.

Fortunately, the ship had glass portholes, allowing them to visually observe the outside world. The cockpit's glass portholes were usually covered by protective panels, but now that they needed them, they opened the panels and saw the massive Spore ship docking with the Enterprise.

Coincidentally, the two survival pods carried by the Spore ship had been placed on Mars, so its node bay only had two used-up landing ships docked. Thus, the Spore ship used one of the free docking ports to align with the Enterprise's front docking port.

Then, the central control system, beyond their control, activated the ship's intercom, and Tang Chao's voice rang out.

"You all better not move. Earth's radar, like the Enterprise's radar, didn't detect any trace of the Spore ship's flight. In this vast universe, the possibility of you being hit by an asteroid is 'very high'."

"Oh, I forgot, even if you're not hit by an asteroid, you won't be able to return to Earth and will only drift in space forever."

"But don't worry, I'm not here to cause trouble. It just so happens that my Spore ship has a few empty seats. I wonder if anyone wants a ride?"

"Very good, no one is moving. Then everyone should gather in the airlock. I want to see everyone present when I enter."

Victor and the others had intended to resist, but they discovered that the cameras in their ship were pointed at them, and their every move was clearly visible to the other side. Most importantly, the Spore ship was their only hope of returning to Earth, so they obediently went to the airlock to gather.

However, for the sake of their dignity, they still brought their guns, to show that the ship was still under their control.

Of course, it would also look better in their mission report after returning to Earth.

It wasn't that they didn't resist, but the other side was too powerful.

Then there was a slight shaking as the ships docked, and then the airlock opened automatically without them operating it. The military-green powered armor floated down "from above" and landed on the floor with a "thud".

Victor and the others knew that these powered armors had electromagnetic boots, allowing them to walk very steadily, so after the powered armor walked over, they asked the initial question with slight composure.

Hearing this, the powered armor at the front walked forward two more steps, and then the armor in front of the helmet separated to both sides, revealing a transparent visor and Tang Chao's face behind the visor.

Tang Chao looked at them with regret, not answering Victor's question, but directly saying: "When you went to the Crimson Base, I treated you with good food and drink, treating you as guests. I didn't expect you to do something like that in return."

"Heh, I don't know what you mean," Victor said sternly: "Mr. Tang, we haven't done anything to harm your interests. The aliens took the initiative to leave with us. On the contrary, your forced boarding of the Enterprise is an illegal and criminal act. When we return to Earth, I will definitely sue you in the International Court of Justice!"

After Victor finished speaking, he glanced at the prompt on the spacesuit helmet visor and was relieved to find that this passage had been recorded in the mission file.

This way, when he returned to report, he would have evidence to prove that he, the captain, was brave, and not someone who surrendered voluntarily.

While Victor was plotting in his mind, Tang Chao smiled, "You said my good friend Linus took the initiative to leave with you? Is that really the case?"

As he spoke, Tang Chao looked back. The four aliens were standing there. "Victor, my friend, is what he said true? Did you take the initiative to leave with him?"

Hearing Tang Chao's question, Victor hesitated obviously. He looked at the others before saying to Tang Chao: "Uh, my friend, I think there might be some misunderstanding…"

"…"

Everyone was waiting for the "person involved" to speak, but Victor stopped halfway and fell silent!

Good heavens, the American astronauts thought he was being coerced by Tang Chao. After all, the current situation was obvious. Tang Chao and the others had the initiative. If the aliens still wanted to get help, they had to listen to Tang Chao.

The people Tang Chao brought, on the other hand, believed that the aliens had already given an answer, but they didn't want to offend the Americans obviously. After all, the Americans had a strong influence in the human world. If they made trouble in the middle, then the aliens' spaceship repair would definitely encounter many twists and turns.

Both sides were guessing at results that were favorable to themselves. Only Tang Chao and the four aliens knew that this half-sentence was intentional.

Saying half a sentence, someone will definitely guess the other half.

If it's a different occasion, plus the different positions of both sides, then the guessed things will definitely be very different.

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Anyway, in the end, the Enterprise's arm couldn't twist the Spore ship's thigh. Tang Chao gave the American astronauts a charge of "not complying with space law" and handed them over to the International Court of Justice when they returned to Earth.

Then he provided them with assistance in accordance with space law. After all, if he didn't save them, they wouldn't be able to reach Earth. If they couldn't return to Earth, then he certainly couldn't send them to the International Court of Justice.

Of course, they probably wouldn't be able to go to the International Court of Justice even after returning to Earth. They would definitely be taken back to the country by the Americans, but that didn't matter. He didn't originally intend to really get the other party to the International Court of Justice. He just wanted to play this scene well.

Tang Chao promoted internationalism. Although he said he would send Victor and the others to the International Court of Justice, he still allowed them to move useful things from the Enterprise to the Spore ship, such as their flight data, collected space information, samples collected on Mars, and so on.

And he guaranteed not to touch these things at all.

After the Spore ship detached from the Enterprise and flew a distance, the Spore ship stopped again and started the last task of this Mars trip.

Test firing of the space electromagnetic cannon and the space laser cannon!

The target was naturally the "abandoned" Enterprise.

After all, it was unlikely to return to Earth in its lifetime, so it was almost the same as being abandoned.

When Victor and the others saw the electromagnetic cannon extending from the unpressurized cargo hold through the porthole of the constantly rotating simulated gravity compartment, and then the laser cannon extending from the bow, they were stunned. When they saw the muzzles of the two cannons pointing at the Enterprise, they were almost scared to death.

After that, the Spore ship experienced a power-saving state for 20 seconds, and then without any warning, they saw several large holes opened in the Enterprise. If they remembered correctly, the most central place was where the two missiles were stored.

Sure enough, the next second, the Enterprise exploded into a ball of fire.

The missile warhead was loaded with a combustion improver, so it could explode in space. Even if the power was weakened, it was still amazing for thin-skinned space vehicles.

The fragments produced by the explosion flew in all directions. The test-fired electromagnetic cannon and laser cannon were retracted to their original places. The Spore ship activated the "super accelerator" ion engine and left the scene. Except for Victor and the others, no one cared about the Enterprise that had turned into fragments.

Victor and the others stared blankly at the disappearing Enterprise in the rotating simulated gravity compartment, shocked by the super power of the electromagnetic cannon, and brainstorming Tang Chao's purpose in doing so.

"Is he warning us?"

"How would he know the storage location of the missiles? Even the aliens don't know that location. Could there be a traitor among us?"

"What should I do? Should I pretend to have amnesia?"